The Delhi High Court has rejected the petitions of Newsclick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty challenging the arrest and remand made by Delhi Police in the UAPA case. A bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, while maintaining the seven-day remand, said the petition has no merit and is dismissed. On October 9, the court had reserved its decision after hearing the arguments of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Delhi Police and NewsClick in the case.
Solicitor General made serious allegations
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Special Cell, told the court that serious matters had come to light in the emails exchanged between the petitioners and the sitting people. The Solicitor General, appearing for the Special Cell, told the court that one of the most serious allegations that has emerged in the email exchange between the petitioners and people sitting in China is that it has presented a map showing Arunachal Pradesh outside the border of India.
Allegations of funding from China
Recently, Delhi Police Special had shared the action and FIR copy against the founder and HR of Newsclick. According to agency ANI, the police had alleged that these people were creating a story at the global and domestic level by calling Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as disputed areas.Also they have tried to not show Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as parts of India on the map by tampering with India’s northern borders which attacks the unity and territorial integrity of India.
The police have also accused the accused of illegally embezzling funds by NewsClick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha and his associates Joseph Raj, Anoop Chakraborty (brother of Amit Chakraborty), Bappaditya Sinha (promoter of Virtunet Systems Private Limited).
It has also been revealed that this money was divided among Teesta Setalvad’s associates Gautam Navlakha, Javed Anand, Tamara, Jibran, Urmilesh, Aratrika Halder, Paranjay Guha Thakurta, Trina Shankar and Abhisar Sharma.